Introduction To Anxiety

Have you ever experienced that when you are driving along, you suddenly have a weird feeling? Your heart starts beating fast, your muscles tense up and you have a disgust feeling. Do you feel nervous for no reason; do you start sweating and even have hallucination? Then it’s anxiety and may experience an anxiety attack! An anxiety attack is a sudden onset of intense stress, characterized by feelings of intense fear and fear and accompanied by palpitations, difficulty breathing, sweating, and trembling. They come from nowhere and may produce severe reactions in the subject - and there is not any way of knowing when it's going to happen or where.

Anxiety is when you feel fearful and tense, for example if you are confronted by an angry person. Most people do not recognize their anxiety for what it is, and instead think there is something "wrong" with them. It can also be a feeling of unease, for example during exams, worrying about an interview or about anything. Some people are preoccupied with the symptoms of anxiety. Others think they are weird, weak, or even going crazy! Unfortunately, these thoughts only make people feel even more anxious and self-conscious.

Nowadays, anxiety becomes more and more common, not only people who have genuine worries or problems suffer from anxiety, but also people who do not have any obvious problems suffer from it. Anxiety is more common that you may realize. More and more professionals can easily recognize it, they think the problem is suffered by most people at one point in their life, but becomes more serious when it is interfering with their daily life. Finally, it may cause health problems, and drive people into dangerous situations. Although anxiety is not a phobia, numerous phobias can cause an anxiety attack.

There are many types of anxiety, and are categorized into their symptoms.

1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
2. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
3. Panic Disorder
4. Agoraphobia
5. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

» It is not fully known or understood the causes of anxiety, however, there are key factors in place that are indicators that contribute to its initial development, most of these known factors are genetics, brain chemistry and the most common factor, environmental stress. Anxiety is also said to be a genetic disease that is carried down from generation to generation. It is also said that Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is associated with having abnormal levels of neurotransmitters from the brain. In definition, these are like a type of chemical messengers providing a string of information among nerve cells. Whenever these nerve cells become imbalanced or out of place, that is when your brain is incapable and not able to receive messages properly. Thus the brain's reaction is altered to react to certain situation which then causes anxiety attacks.

» There are other series of unpleasant events that can cause your anxiety to come about, such as trauma, death of a loved one or friend, divorce or stress to your current job situation. In which all of these types of events causes your anxiety to become worse, especially as the stress levels increases.

Most anxiety is treated by a mental health professional, a professional psychologist or psychiatrist. There are also self help books that can help you in day-to-day life. Most anxiety treatment includes a combination of both medication and cognitive-behavioral anxiety therapy. Once anxiety interferes with your day to day life functionality, that's when you would consider taking medications that are very helpful to your GAD situation. The medications to help with your GAD are called tranquillizers, in which they make you feel very relaxed and calm by lowering your level of anxiety.

Numerous treatments are available, such as medication, relaxation techniques, and counseling. However, different situation needs different treatment. People who suffer from serious anxiety need long-term treatment, and if the situation causing the anxiety is short term, short-term treatment will do.